Equation 13 · Part 1 · The Economics of Codex: Tokens, Sandboxes, Review Time, and Software Throughput

Symbol m^*

m^*(x)=\arg\max_m \left[p_m(x)V(x)-C_m(x)-H_m(x)-R_m(x)\right],

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What this part means

$m^*$ is part of the quantity the equation computes from the expression on the right.

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$m^*$ is part of the quantity the equation computes from the expression on the right.

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For task features x , choose model and reasoning configuration m to maximize $m^*(x)=\arg\max_m \left[p_m(x)V(x)-C_m(x)-H_m(x)-R_m(x)\right]$ . where $H_m$ is human supervision and $R_m$ expected residual risk. The cheapest model can cost more if it creates repeated attempts or review. The strongest model can be wasteful on deterministic extraction.

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